Everyone I Know Will Die is not the sort of album usually covered on here and I'm sure Jacob Kulick probably don't lose sleep over it. Kulick probably resides in the likes of Rock Sound and Kerrang, areas I'm too old for now, but this is great.
It's a bit short at 7 songs and 20 minutes, but there are so many earworms that are probably "dropped" on fans and described as "bangers". But the album successfully navigates the area between Pop Punk and Modern Pop Rock Radio. If we are honest it is very close to Power Pop, although most of those forums would probably deny it and return to talking about Badfinger.
I'm reminded of Butch Wilson and therefore Avril Lavigne, but this is much better than either have come up with the last decade. People may grumble about this genre and its reliance on the computer and tweaked robotic vocals, not I.
My personal music tastes are complicated and I am as happy with a 2 minute blast as I am with a 20 minute Progfest, but the main thing I love are well written songs with melody and big choruses and there are plenty of them here.
I defy anyone not to sing the chorus of The People I Know (Don't Like Me) is an absolute gem of a Pop song. Necessities comes close to it and you can imagine someone like Bryan Adams coming up with something similar to Time To Go.
These songs are meant to be performed at pace and sung with attitude. So when it is slowed down, it doesn't always work. Don't Think About Me is too close to Boy Band land, but the title track is a great closer, almost Weezer. If you put your preconceptions in the cupboard, you will hear some fine Pop songs here and there really isn't anything better to improve your mood.
You can listen to and buy the album everywhere. You can find out more about Kulick here.
............................
No comments:
Post a Comment